O, Your Waves

About this poem

This could also be considered, loosely, both an ode and an elegy, in spirit. This started as a romantic outpouring to express a profound and deep love for a friends of many years. A sudden spiritual awakening caused me to realize that the subject of the last line was truly myself, too - an exercise in self-acceptance and self-love. This led to an immediate ego death (elegy), and a subsequent and greater spiritual awakening where I realized that through this, the subject of the last line was love itself, God as I understand God, life, beauty, all my friends and family, experiences, and just all things in this life that have impacted me in some way. For me, this is a deeply personal poem that ascends me to a higher purpose in life, and so even this poem itself is the subject of the last line. This is a sacred collection of poetic thoughts to me, and I am honored that you read them. I hope you enjoy. more »